Health Forum @ UNGA80

Amid declining donor funding and cuts to institutions like the WHO, the global health community faces mounting challenges in its efforts to advance the SDGs. Rising deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs), intensifying climate-related health challenges, and regulatory and supply chain disruptions place additional strain on an already-fragile system.

Foreign Policy’s Health Forum @ UNGA80, taking place on September 24 just before the U.N. High-Level Meeting on NCDs (HLM4), will convene a series of solutions-focused conversations with policymakers, industry leaders, and civil society experts who are working to tackle these pressing challenges. Discussions will focus on innovative investment strategies to close global health gaps; collaborative ways to address the rising burden of disease and persistent inequities in access to care and medicine; and how to strengthen health systems and support frontline workers to improve health outcomes around the world.

Registration will open in September. Sign up to be the first to know when it goes live.

Session One
Rethinking Global Health: Financing, Innovation, and Collaboration
10:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET
As geopolitical tensions rise and financial pressures mount, global health institutions are being asked to do more with less. This opening session brings together policymakers, multilateral leaders, and private-sector innovators to explore the future of global health governance, the geopolitics of disease elimination, and how new partnerships and investment strategies can deliver equitable care at scale.

Session Two
Reframing the Challenge: High-Value Returns on Investing in Health
2:30 – 5:00 p.m. ET
This session examines how to reframe health as a long-term investment, not a cost. Conversations will spotlight new approaches to resilient health systems, public-private partnerships that improve cardiovascular care delivery, innovations in women’s health data and policy, and decarbonization strategies that are advancing better health outcomes.

Session Three
Confronting the NCD Crisis: Prevention, Detection, and Care
5:30 – 8:30 p.m. ET
As the burden of noncommunicable diseases rises, an effective path forward demands earlier, smarter, and more integrated care. Held on the eve of the High-Level Meeting on NCDs, this session explores the partnerships, projects, and strategic approaches needed to tackle the rising global burden of noncommunicable diseases. Topics include obesity, cardiovascular disease, lung and kidney health, early diagnostics, and a bold vision for ending diseases like Alzheimer’s.